The Nervous System: The Reflex Arc

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Across
  1. 2. This senses stimuli.
  2. 4. neuron It causes the effectors to respond after providing necessary information for a reflex.
  3. 8. Muscles in the finger will ______ when exposed to intense heat (for example contact with a burning kitchen pan).
  4. 10. Reflexes are ________.
  5. 11. What happens to your pupils when they are exposed to excessive light? They _____.
  6. 12. Also known as the interneuron.
Down
  1. 1. A nerve pathway underlying our conscious reflexes.
  2. 3. The brain and spinal cord are part of the ______ nervous system.
  3. 5. Response with the skeletal muscles of the body.
  4. 6. Reflexes don't involve the participation of the ____.
  5. 7. Both reactions and reflexes are in response to _____.
  6. 9. where two neurons connect.